oday's guest brings a broad perspective to entrepreneurship through acquisition.

He didn't arrive here by reading Walker Deibel's book or taking an ETA class in business school.

Instead, Adam Markley was a partner in an education venture that taught people how to buy a business.

The venture had a big UK focus, so it didn't revolve around SBA financing.

This steeped Adam in an approach where heavy seller financing & more creative structures to buy a business was more common.

It also gave Adam lots & lots of reps looking at deals, as he would help evaluate the acquisitions of the members in this community.

Adam Markley & the F.W. Haxel team
Adam (far right) & the F.W. Haxel team

Flash forward, and today Adam has been involved in many of his own acquisitions, and his personal holding company here in the States includes 5 businesses he either fully or partially acquired, and 1 he's started from scratch.

Another theme to listen for in this interview is how Adam works with operating partners, a feature that is present in almost all his holdings.

Here is Adam Markley, founder of PROX Capital Group.